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  • Gay and Lesbian Liaison Police Unit

    August 01, 2015 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Crimes against LGBT citizens have gone underreported in many U.S. cities. Washington DC’s Gay and Lesbian Liason Unit has employed and trained LGBT officers to represent community members that they protect and serve. After the establishment of the GLLU, the number of reported crimes has increased, demonstrating the comfort and trust that the community has with law enforcement.

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  • Elsa's Story

    July 17, 2015 |

    The Denver Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    Children across the U.S. experience gender confusion, causing emotional stress in themselves and their family. Gender identity counselors and gender youth clinics are being created in multiple states to help families find peace in their situation.

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  • How Students At Women's Colleges Are Working To Expand Our Understanding Of Gender

    May 06, 2015 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Claremont, California

    Women's colleges are changing their definition of eligible students to include transgender and non-gender conforming students. Though policies differ from school to school, the impact is a nationwide reevaluation of the gender binary.

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  • 'Boy or Girl?' Gender a new challenge for schools

    May 28, 2013 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Tampa, Florida

    Conventional school policies fail to address the needs of transgender students. A school district in Tampa changed its human rights ordinance to include gender identity and expression.

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  • Facing the Future of HIV Care

    August 04, 2011 |

    POZ Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, District of Columbia

    When health care funding was cut in the United States, HIV clinics were hit harder than some other areas, impacting not just the medicine, but also the staff in these facilities. The Whitman-Walker Clinic in the District of Columbia, however, found a way to combat these changes by broadening the range of people they were caring for and mimicking service providers that were qualified as federally qualified health centers.

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  • On Gay Rights, Moving Real-Life Friends to Action

    July 07, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The ability of social media and online civic participation to impact law and politics is still developing, but one social media tool - Friendfactor - was used successfully in New York to help bring about the passage of Gay Marriage Equality. It may be an indicator for how powerful platforms like this one will continue to play a role in societal growth and change.

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  • Look at Brazil

    January 28, 2001 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

    Soon, AIDS in Africa will be doing more than killing millions every year. It will destroy what there is of Africa's economy and cause further instability and, perhaps, war. But a nondescript hospital in Brazil could serve as a model for treating AIDS in Africa and worldwide.

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